Madonna fights custody battle from NZ

Rocco has remained in London throughout the holidays, even though a judge had ordered him to return to the States until is living arrangements were figured out.

Madonna and Ritchie are expected in NY court for their next hearing this summer, tentatively scheduled for June 1, after Madonna's camp amend their complaint and Ritchie's and Rocco's lawyers have time to review the amendment.

While neither was physically in court, their attorneys faced off in court on Wednesday about the 15-year-old, who has been living in the United Kingdom with his father since December.

The exes finalized their contentious divorce in 2008 when Madonna agreed to pay Ritchie a settlement between $76 million and $92 million.

But Mr Ritchie's lawyer, Peter Bronstein, hit back, saying the teenager could not be forced to return to NY.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Deborah Kaplan urged the singer and Ritchie to work together to resolve a custody dispute over their son Rocco (15), who has refused to return to his mother's NY home.

The singer is also believed to have been left "shocked and devastated" by the news, whilst another sourced added: 'It is certainly not what Madonna wants for her son'.

According to People magazine, Madonna and Guy Ritchie have chosen a school in London, where he's now enrolled in.

At Christmas Madonna posted a picture of herself with Rocco and the comment: "Merry X-mas to the Sun-shine of my Life".

Madonna has yet to comment directly on the custody battle, but she appeared to hint about the issue during her Rebel Heart World Tour in Mexico City.

Madonna's lawyer, Eleanor Alter, argued that allowing him to flout the order was "one of the most serious things that has happened" in the court battle.

Ritchie "taught his son that obeying court orders and signed agreement is not necessarily important", Alter said.

Madonna has posted several childhood photos of Rocco on social media in the past two months, expressing her affection for him.

Madonna also has a daughter Lourdes, 19, by the actor Carlos Leon and in 2009 adopted Mercy, a Malawian girl, also 10.

In February (16), the 57-year-old performer took to Instagram and uploaded a photo of Rocco as a baby beaming for the camera as she held him on her back, and captioned the shot: "Tu me manque", which translates as "I miss you". Too bad we don't live in a society where many encourage strong independent single working moms!

A close source told Page Six, "They want to settle the matter privately".

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